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111Diving beetle — Diving Div ing, a. That dives or is used or diving. [1913 Webster] {Diving beetle} (Zo[ o]l.), any beetle of the family {Dytiscid[ae]}, which habitually lives under water; called also {water tiger}. {Diving bell}, a hollow inverted vessel,… …
112Spring beetle — Spring Spring, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See {Spring}, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its… …
113Hairy Fungus Beetle — ( Mycetophagus punctatus ) is a fungus beetle.Fungus beetles often build heavy populations throughout the late summer and early fall. These mold feeding beetles are sometimes found in decaying plant material,damp cereals, grains, herbs, spices,… …
114rove beetle — any of numerous beetles of the family Staphylinidae, having a slender, elongated body and very short front wings, and capable of running swiftly. Also called staphylinid. [1765 75] * * * ▪ insect any member of the widely distributed insect… …
115skin beetle — ▪ insect any of approximately 300 widely distributed species of beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoida (insect order Coleoptera) that are also classified by some authorities in the subfamily Troginae in the scarab family Scarabaediae. Skin …
116Blind beetle — Blind Blind, a. [AS.; akin to D., G., OS., Sw., & Dan. blind, Icel. blindr, Goth. blinds; of uncertain origin.] 1. Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight. [1913 Webster] He that is strucken… …
117Ground beetle — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …
118Twice-stabbed lady beetle — Taxobox | name = Chilocorus stigma image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Coccinellidae genus = Chilocorus species = C. stigma binomial = Chilocorus stigma binomial authority = (Say …
119M-497 Black Beetle — The M 497 (nicknamed Black Beetle) was an experimental jet powered locomotive test bed of the New York Central Railroad corporation, developed and tested in 1966 in the United States of America. Two second hand General Electric J 47 19 jet… …
120lizard beetle — ▪ insect also called Languriid Beetle, any of some 400 species of long, narrow beetles (insect order Coleoptera), most of which are found in Asia and North America. Adult lizard beetles are 2 to 10 mm (0.1 to 0.4 inch) long, are reddish… …
